Summer vacation ideas can seem great at the time, but your budget may not approve.  If you have a summer vacation idea and not a lot of money to bring it to fruition, perhaps you can think of some budget friendly summer vacation ideas.  One summer vacation idea that is great on your wallet is to visit friends or relatives that live in a popular place or nearby to a large city.  Another low cost summer vacation idea is to go camping. Often very inexpensive, you can spend a lot of quality time together fishing, hiking, and exploring.  Finally, a low cost summer vacation idea that is sure to make a splash with the kids is to rent an inexpensive hotel down in Florida where the beaches are plentiful.